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COLUMBUS — “American Municipal Power-Ohio has been given another 18 months to make a decision on its proposed power plant in Meigs County, WOUB reports. The Ohio Power Siting Board in 2008 approved its plans to build a coal-fired power plant in southeast Ohio. A five-year time limit was placed […]

GALION — “About 100 people filed into the Galion High School gymnasium Wednesday night to learn more about a controversial Aug. 29 report regarding the Prairie State coal-generated power plant. Galion and Shelby have contracts with the company through American Municipal Power Ohio, pacts that may cost both communities. David […]

CPP customers already on the hook for $19 million, 2.5 million households across eight states overpaying for electricity CLEVELAND — “Congressman Kucinich (D-OH) is calling for a federal investigation into a series of deals surrounding investments in the Prairie State Energy Campus, a new coal power plant and related facilities […]

GALION — Ohio Citizen Action will host a town meeting in Galion, Ohio, to present the findings of a new report on the costs of the Prairie State coal plant. The plant, located in Southern Illinois, was developed by Peabody Energy, but 95% of the ownership was transferred to municipal […]

CLEVELAND — “Fourteen people gathered outside Cleveland City Hall Thursday to protest what they fear will be higher electric bills resulting from Cleveland Public Power‘s investment in an Illinois electric plant. The protesters, led by mayoral candidate Donna Brown, cited a Plain Dealer story that reported city-owned CPP will pay […]

GALION — “Toy says it is true to megawatt per hour rate Galion will pay Prairie State Energy increased from the time the agreement was approved in 2007 to the time construction was completed and it started generating electricity. But he says the increase has been expected, and he does […]

Report: Through 2025, those with a stake in coal-fired plant will pay above-market prices COLUMBUS — “Environmentalists have been critical of Prairie State because it uses coal at a time when the electric-power industry is moving toward more use of natural gas and renewable energy. The Energy Information Administration reports […]

COLUMBUS — “A dozen Ohio communities will pay a premium totaling $135 million for electricity because of contracts with an Illinois power plant, according to a new report. The figure is an estimate of how much money the cities – including Cleveland, Bowling Green and Galion – will pay for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Higher utility bills for 2.5 million ratepayers in eight states and billions of dollars in fiscal fallout for elected officials in hundreds of communities are expected now that the cost of electricity from the Prairie Energy Prairie State Energy Campus (PSEC) coal-fired power plant will be 40 […]

Clean Energy votes

Members supporting fair electric rates in Ohio as of May 12, 2018

38,157 members have signed our support statement in person at their door.

10,280 Ohio Citizen Action members have sent handwritten letters to their state legislators in support of clean energy.

5,489 Ohio Citizen Action members have called their state legislators, asking them to oppose HB239 and SB 155, the latest coal bailout requests by Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Dayton Power & Light and American Electric Power.